Chapter 111 Chapter 111 Because You Are
This mobilization drew many elites from various major military regions to assemble at the command center outside the No. 0 contaminated area. The combatants of Mingxizhou's First Military Region all camped in one place.
It was easy to find out about the fleet's affairs and the current situation in the contaminated area. After Jiang Ling was transferred here, he immediately went to the fleet base to find Jiang Xun.
I learned a lot along the way.
For example, the last time we explored the Beast Mother and its lair, the fleet suffered heavy losses, with many teams even losing none.
For example, they had originally given up hope of finding the beast mother in the short term, but the captain of a vanguard squad from the First Military Region, which had been out of contact for too long and was presumed dead, miraculously returned and brought back the exact coordinates of the beast's nest.
For example, the military recently shipped in a lot of new mechas, but instead of supplying them to any of the teams with damaged mechas, they simply allocated the old ones...
But Jiang Ling didn't expect that the place where he would see Jiang Xun again would be in the hospital of the command center.
The alpha, who was sitting by the bed with a pale complexion, was stunned for a moment when he saw his twin brother, and then immediately frowned.
"Jiang Ling? Why are you here? Where's Chen Luan?"
"How did he get here? Of course he was sent here by the military. How could I leave him alone at home?"
Jiang Ling stepped in, bent down to look at the bandage wrapped around Jiang Xun's head, then reached out to pick at the IV drip on the back of the latter's hand and tugged at the corner of her mouth: "Chen Luan was staying at home peacefully. What happened to you?"
"I led the team in and found the beast mother's lair, but on the way out, we ran into a pollution dust storm and lost our way. Later, we encountered a beast tide. Fortunately, I was lucky enough to escape. I was in a coma for three days due to exhaustion."
Jiang Xun explained calmly and briefly, as if he had just experienced an ordinary accident: "I'm almost ready to be discharged. The hunters have all been brought here. Didn't the mobilization order include the military academy instructors?"
The instructors at the military academy all have extensive experience in combat in contaminated areas. Aside from those who have already been retired from the fleet, will the others be recalled?
“There have been a lot of adjustments, but they are all alpha.”
Jiang Ling sat down and peeled an orange for herself. "I know what you're worried about. Chen Luan is safe. Don't worry."
Beta cannot drive a mecha above level A, but the pollution index in the core area is too high. Only high-level mechas can resist the erosion, so Chen Luan will not be transferred here.
"Are you seriously injured?" He broke the orange in his hand and stuffed half of it into Jiang Xun's mouth. He looked at Jiang Xun's lips, which were so pale that they seemed transparent. He raised his eyebrows and chuckled, "Don't die, or Chen Luan will be mine alone."
Jiang Xun, who had long been accustomed to his brother's silence, took the orange and glanced at him with his eyelids raised: "You won't die for the time being, so you'd better give up this idea as soon as possible. I won't give you a chance."
"Tsk, that's a shame." Jiang Ling stuffed the last orange slice into his mouth and clapped his hands: "Okay, I'm leaving."
"You came here just to make sure I'm dead?"
"What else?" Jiang Ling turned around with his arms folded, leaning towards the door crookedly, his eyes curved and he smiled like a jerk:
"After you die, if Chen Luan calls your name to me, who will I turn to for justice? Do you know that the dead Bai Yueguang is the Bai Yueguang with no solution?"
“…”
Jiang Xun was silent for a moment while holding the orange. "You should watch less melodramatic dramas."
Be careful not to damage your brain.
"What do you care? Chen Luan likes to watch it, so I watched it with him."
Jiang Ling thought for a moment, then added cheerfully, "Oh, he saw it in my arms. You don't know, he cried miserably when he sent me away, and kept saying he couldn't bear to see me go, and insisted on sleeping with me at night—"
"The Hunter's food was so bad that you got poisoned after eating it and are you hallucinating?"
Jiang Xun calmly interrupted Jiang Ling and looked up at the face that looked exactly like his own: "Do you think I believe it?"
“Boring.”
The smile on Jiang Ling's lips faded, but his eyes went blank for a moment as if he thought of something.
"...We agreed that we couldn't come together." He dropped his hands and looked at the floor, scoffing softly, "In the end, I left him alone."
He remembered.
Chen Luan looked like he was about to fall apart when he got in the car.
The car had driven a long way away, but when Jiang Ling turned around, she could still see his figure standing there alone.
He almost wanted to open the door, jump out of the car and run back to find him. At most, he would be punished or punished in some other way, even if his military rank was stripped or even fired, he would accept it and would not come.
But he knew that Chen Luan would not like him to be a deserter.
And he himself would not allow himself to be a deserter.
So he obeyed the order and came.
The two brothers met briefly. Jiang Ling returned to the camp to prepare for battle, while Jiang Xun rested quietly in the hospital.
The formal cleanup operation will start from the outskirts of the No. 0 pollution zone, move all the way to the core ecological area, and finally launch a general attack on the beast's nest.
Based on observations from multiple parties and data from fleet exploration, it is speculated that the Beast Mother is still in a dormant period and has not fully awakened, so they must complete the encirclement as quickly as possible and at all costs before the Beast Mother fully awakens.
Jiang Xun was discharged from the hospital a week before the cleanup operation officially began.
All his team members died in that desperate escape.
No one knew what Jiang Xun went through alone during the 134 hours after he lost his way and encountered the beast tide.
When the team responsible for the external support found Jiang Xun, his mecha's energy had been completely exhausted, the damage to his body was as high as 86%, and he was on the verge of losing consciousness. He relied entirely on willpower to crawl out of the core area.
When the medical staff carried Jiang Xun, who was covered in blood and almost unconscious, out of the cabin, his hands were tightly clenched on his chest, and no matter how hard they tried, they couldn't pry them open. He was still mumbling intermittent and broken words that they couldn't hear clearly.
It seemed to be calling someone's name, and also seemed to be saying "Wait until I come home."
It was not until a recalled veteran of the fleet named Huo came over and whispered something in his ear that he slowly let go of his hand and completely fainted.
Only then did they realize that what Jiang Xun was holding tightly in his hand was just an ID folder.
Inside the ID folder was a photo and a dried petal.
The soldier named Huo later wiped the ID folder clean and placed it on the bedside of Jiang Xun, who was out of danger but still in a coma, and then entered the contaminated area again.
These experienced veterans had to go ahead and survey the terrain to pave the way for the larger troops that would arrive later.
This day is the summer solstice.
The polluted area was shrouded in dust and fog, and the sky was a dark gray-purple color, but it was clean and cloudless.
The batch of brand new mechas transferred from the military have finally been shipped out of the warehouse.
However, these mechas did not enter any military camp, but were given to a new and unfamiliar team.
The fighters in this team have one thing in common:
They have no pheromones.
They are the best beta mecha pilots from various military regions, units, and military academies.
When the news spread, the twins of the Jiang family were eating in the cafeteria. They looked at each other, put down their chopsticks and ran out almost at the same time.
With their heartbeats getting faster and faster, the two men headed straight for the camp where the team was stationed.
The sound of the wind seemed to become louder, whistling in my ears.
It also seemed very small, because they could only hear the sound of their hearts pounding in their chests.
When the footsteps stopped, outside the newly designated camp not far away, dozens of brand-new S-class mechas and a large number of A-class mechas were shining coldly and hard under the gray-purple sky in the open field.
These mechas are different from the surrounding models that have been in service for many years. They have obviously been modified. The pilots seem to have just completed basic debugging and are getting out of the cabin one after another.
The two men's eyes uncontrollably and eagerly scanned the figures wearing the same combat uniforms.
Not a mess,
Not a mess,
This is not a mess either——
Until the hatch of the S-class mecha at the head of the team, which was engraved with the code NS01, slowly opened, a figure jumped out of the cabin nimbly and landed steadily.
The figure with his back to them stood tall and straight, with slightly long hair sticking out from under the helmet, and he was untying the helmet straps.
“…”
Amidst the roaring heartbeat, Jiang Xun opened his mouth, but the words were stuck in his throat and he couldn't utter them out.
He wanted to shout his name.
He wanted to shout his name.
But the surging emotions choked the two words that had rolled silently between his lips and tongue thousands of times, and he was stuck between his teeth.
Chen Chaos.
Chen Chaos.
The overly scorching gaze seemed to be noticed.
The figure paused, took off his helmet, and slowly turned around.
Time stands still at this moment.
The next second, they saw a smile suddenly spread across that familiar face, its gray eyes curved upwards into crescents.
"Jiang Ling, Jiang Xun."
Amid the sound of running footsteps, Jiang Xun pulled the familiar figure into his arms, hugged her tightly, hugged her hard, with such force that it almost let out all the longing that had accumulated day and night, and then melted the warmth in the embrace into his soul.
A familiar warm scent lingered at the tip of his nose. Jiang Xun buried his chin in Chen Luan's shoulder and took a deep breath.
The hoarse voice finally trembled and said, "Chen Luan."
"I miss you so much."
"I miss you so much."
After a hug that lasted so long that even the sound of the wind became faint, Jiang Xun reluctantly stepped back a little.
Jiang Ling looked at Chen Luan's brand new combat uniform, gritting her teeth and not knowing whether to laugh or cry: "Why are you here?"
Chen Luan looked up at him, his lips curled into a smile: "Why, you two combined can't beat me and you can come, but I, the instructor, can't come?"
"…Is that what I mean?"
It's such a dangerous place, why do we have to crowd in here?
However, the next second, Chen Luan's voice fell, stopping all the sounds in his ears.
He said, “Because you are here, I am here.”
The voice is very soft.
But it was like a loud bang that hit the already restless hearts of the two people.
The sound of the wind disappeared,
The noisy voices from the camp also disappeared.
All that was left was the roar of hot blood being pumped into the eardrums by the pounding heartbeat.
Chen Luan pulled out a small box like a magic trick, tossed it in his hand, and looked at the two obviously stunned geese with squinted eyes, tilting his head:
"By the way, I brought a pair of earrings, but I don't know how to wear them."
"Help?"
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